Open HXS file

HXS files: what are they and how do I open them?

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Microsoft Help compiled help document

Files with hxs file extension are related to the Microsoft Help program. An hxs file contains compiled help document.

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The HXS file extension is used by Microsoft Help for file used in version 2.x.

Microsoft Help 2.x is a proprietary format for online help files, developed by Microsoft and first released in 2001 as a help system for Visual Studio .NET (2002) and MSDN Library.

Microsoft Help 2.x is the help engine used in Microsoft Visual Studio 2002/2003/2005/2008 and Office 2007. Help files are made with the Help 2.0 Workshop (VSHIK), a help authoring tool. The default viewer for Help 2.x files is Microsoft Document Explorer.

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Microsoft Windows Help

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Microsoft Visual Studio

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File extensions are characters that appear after the dot in a computer file's name. For example, the file "unknown-file.hxs" has the file extension "hxs". This is used to identify which program should open the file or what file type it is.
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